President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill, passed in early March, and went into effect soon after. The goal of this bill is to provide immediate relief to families and small businesses hit hard by the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Along…

Unhoused and housed residents of Los Angeles’ formerly Latino-majority neighborhood, Echo Park, are urging their city to consider what it’s like to be in a mutual community. Despite mass mobilization of protestors and advocacy groups, the Echo Park Tent Community — made up of hundreds of unhoused people…

Last month, the Vatican made clear that the Catholic church cannot bless same-sex marriages. Such unions, according to the Church, are a sin, and the Church says it cannot bless a sin. That announcement carries particular weight for Latinos, who make up 40% of all U.S. Catholics, and…

Across the world, COVID-19 vaccines are bringing good news to families who can now see each other after more than a year of social isolation. While the U.S. is on pace to finish vaccination within a year, the focus on getting shots into people’s arms has taken away…

Last week, immigrants protested on Capitol Hill to show support for a bill that could provide Dreamers with a path to citizenship. The American Dream and Promise Act was passed by the House of Representatives on March 18, and now awaits a vote in the Senate. While the…

An effort dubbed the Mirror America Project is striving for more Latino representation across the country. With nearly one in five people in the U.S. identifying as Latino, the initiative’s goal is to ensure that 20% of government positions are filled by Latinos. Looking just at the Cabinets…

For years, the farmworkers rights movement has been fighting for issues like fair labor laws, safe working conditions and a pathway to citizenship. Now, two immigration reform bills are in the pipeline, renewing hope for the undocumented community of farmworkers in the U.S. The House of Representatives passed…

During the height of the coronavirus pandemic, New York City was known as the COVID-19 epicenter of the country. For the first three months of the pandemic, more than 200,000 cases were reported in New York City alone and Latinos were disproportionately infected and dying. Now, Gov. Andrew…

While more than 60 million in the U.S. have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, Latinos are getting vaccinated at low rates. Pulso has rounded up answers to five questions you might have about the vaccine. How do vaccines work? There is a long history…

It’s now been a year since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 a pandemic. By the end of March 11, 2020, the financial market had dropped, travel was banned, and across the world people came to terms that life would soon change. Since then, we’ve learned a…